A few of the 200 or more yurts I've built since 1994.
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Big wheel |
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Six foot six wheel for twentyeight foot yurt, with rib blanks in background |
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Shaving |
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drawknifing roof rib tips on shaving horse |
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big wheel |
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parallel bracing on six ft six wheel |
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18ft yurt |
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18 footer first time up |
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28 footer |
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delivery day for twentyeight foot yurt |
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door frame |
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Three straight ribs over double door |
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painted 28 footer |
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Second 28 footer yurt ordered to keep the first company. |
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39 inch wheel |
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Copper boat rivets, detail. |
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Bracing |
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wheatsheaf bracing rods on 16 footer |
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roof up |
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24 footer roof wheel |
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Alachigh wheel |
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steeply bent bracing on the Alachigh |
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Head in the clouds |
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The roof wheel on the 28 footer is 12ft high. |
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Roof cover on |
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Fitting two piece roof cover on 28 footer |
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Sunshine |
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28 foot yurt fitted with optional wheel supports |
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Lovely 18 footer |
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High in Snowdonia this yurt is a retreat. |
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Looking west |
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Exposed spot for a Welsh retreat! |
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Frame up |
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Some people love the frame before the cover goes on! |
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Double doors |
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This is my favourite style for a wooden door. |
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28 footer inside |
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One year after delivery with a fitted red serge liner and the burner in the background. |
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Second door |
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On the bigger yurts I always suggest having two doorways. |
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Cosy sitting area |
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This yurt is a classroom/rec space for outward bound type courses. |
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28 footer |
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on a custom built deck complete with wheelchair access |
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Brazing wheel |
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Using a white orange tapered square brand to burn a tapered square hole through the roof wheel. |
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The Alachigh |
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This is a variation on the yurt without trellis |
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Premium Welsh ash |
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A load of timber to die for, straight grained and tough from a local sawyard |
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The first Alachigh |
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This was commisioned by Anne Belgrave the feltmaker who then went on to create this stunning felt cover. |
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Alachigh wheel |
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The distinctive high domed bracing of an Alachigh wheel |
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The first production Alachigh |
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Lovely cover by the Albion Canvas co |
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